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"Social labour market": a useful approach for a narrowly defined target group

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Does it make sense for the government to provide jobs on a long-term basis for those unlikely to find employment? Georg Cremer, Caritas Germany, argues that a social labour market makes sense in terms of social policy but is not a labour-market policy instrument. It could reach people who have no realistic chance of finding a normal job if the structural conditions for the employment of low-skilled people were far better. Only in longer-term, publicly supported jobs can these people find hope for employment. The instrument should be designed in such a way that this social function can actually be fulfilled. This suggests a narrowly defined target group and appropriate jobs and support conditions, with an adequate wage gap to normal unskilled jobs.

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  • Georg Cremer, 2007. ""Social labour market": a useful approach for a narrowly defined target group," ifo Schnelldienst, ifo Institute - Leibniz Institute for Economic Research at the University of Munich, vol. 60(10), pages 27-32, May.
    • Handle: RePEc:ces:ifosdt:v:60:y:2007:i:10:p:27-32
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    1. Christoph, Bernhard & Gundert, Stefanie & Hirseland, Andreas & Hohendanner, Christian & Hohmeyer, Katrin & Ramos Lobato, Philipp, 2015. "Ein-Euro-Jobs und Beschäftigungszuschuss: Mehr soziale Teilhabe durch geförderte Beschäftigung? (One-euro-jobs and wage subsidies for employers: will subsidized employment improve social participation," IAB-Kurzbericht 201503, Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung (IAB), Nürnberg [Institute for Employment Research, Nuremberg, Germany].

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    • J21 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Labor Force and Employment, Size, and Structure

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